SGP Folio.S (for third-generation iPad)

SGP’s $92 Folio.S case is made from genuine leather and is designed specifically for the new iPad. You can pick up the Folio.S in either brown or dark brown leather, and it has a nice, polished look to it.

The Folio.S has a rigid front and back cover, with suede lining the inside, giving the case the ability to absorb the day-to-day bumps and scratches your iPad would normally accrue. Keep in mind, this added protection does come at the cost of doubling the thickness of your iPad, and making it a bit heavier than I’d like. The inside of the cover has two groves, which can be used to prop the iPad up at roughly 45-degrees and 25-degrees in landscape orientation. The spine can also be used as a prop, if you want just a slight tilt. The case doesn’t offer any way to stand the iPad up in portrait orientation.

Even though the iPad 2 fits in the case just fine, the case’s magnets won’t wake and sleep the iPad 2 properly. Also worth noting, when you fold the cover in back of the iPad, I found that occasionally the magnets would still trip an iPad 2 in and out of sleep.

Getting your iPad in and out of the Folio.S is fairly easy—just slide it in the side at the spine and secure it with a flap of leather you tuck under the iPad. None of the inputs are obstructed by the case, but it does make the volume buttons and orientation toggle a bit more difficult to switch.

Apart from a sleek design and high-quality materials, the SPG Folio.S isn’t anything special, and I would avoid it if you have an iPad 2 and want to take advantage of the magnetic Sleep/Wake feature.

[Albert Filice is a Macworld intern.]

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SGP Folio.S (for third-generation iPad)

Albert is a former PCWorld and Macworld intern and GeekTech writer, who now works as an Editorial Assistant in the PCWorld Lab. Albert likes to dabble in Web development in his free time. Check him out on Dribbble, or see some of his work on CodePen.